Hidden Inheritance: Family Secrets, Memory, and Faith
Heidi Neumark's life changed when a few computer keystrokes exposed a generation of family secrets. Late one night while her family slept, Neumark discovered her hidden Jewish heritage--and uncovered hundreds of questions: Did her grandfather really die in a concentration camp? How did she never know her grandmother was a death-camp survivor? Why had the family history and faith been rejected and hidden?

It was a shocking revelation that her Jewish roots and successive family loss and trauma now suddenly and inherently connected her to the multi-ethnic, marginalized community she had been ministering to for three decades.

The Spy on the Tennessee Walker
Maggie gets a package that leads her to investigate a family scandal going back to the Civil War. Why was her great-great-great grandmother imprisoned for bigamy and espionage? Was she a criminal or a hero? Did she support the Confederates or the Union? Maggie's husband, Michael, joins her on the trip to Mississippi, to dig deep and solve the mystery. Combining an engaging contemporary mystery with a carefully researched Civil War setting and nineteenth-century characters, The Spy on the Tennessee Walker will appeal to Civil War and American history buffs as well as fans of modern mysteries and historical fiction.

The Buk Buk Buk Festival
Feathers fly and humor abounds as the literary adventures continue for Henrietta, the talented chicken from THE PLOT CHICKENS. Thrilled to have her picture book published, Henrietta is all aflutter with excitement when she's invited to a local book festival. However, the event organizers did not count on having a chicken show up to sign books. Luckily, Henrietta comes up with a clever plan to make herself heard and become a respected author. As Henrietta's loyal local children's librarian explains, "A chicken who can write books is a national treasure."

Get a sneak peek at the prototype, and if you want, test drive the mobile and tablet friendly version of ala.org. Drop by, bring your wireless device, and go through 3 or 4 usability tasks to put the second iteration of the proposed ALA responsive redesign through its paces. Come take a test drive any time between 1:00 and 4:00 this afternoon (stay longer if you want to fill out a customer journey map, another fun activity happening at the same time). You’re welcome to spend as little as 15 minutes. We’ll welcome your feedback.

Poems in the Attic
During a visit to her grandma’s house, a young girl discovers a box of poems in the attic, poems written by her mother when she was growing up. Her mother’s family often moved around the United States and the world because her father was in the Air Force. Over the years, her mother used poetry to record her experiences in the many places the family lived.

Are you a job seeker? Looking to find your librarian niche? Want to move up the librarianship ladder but not sure how? Are you interested in some of ALA's amazing programs or getting involved in activities? Well, we have an event just for you! Join us to talk with working librarians who are doing great and interesting things with their careers. Find out how to get a job, move into a more specialized area, or move into your career goals. All types of libraries will be represented. Libraries are changing and you need to be ready! No appointment needed.

An educational panel about how you determine which kinds of graphic novels and comics to purchase for your library. How do reader demographics impact collection development? Who is reading graphic novels and comics in the library? How does the advent of digital graphic novels and comics impact book selection and does the popularity of a digital books translate into the purchase of hard copies? These and other questions will be explored by Jack Baur from the Berkeley Public Library, Katie Monnin, PhD from the University of North Florida, Caitlin McGurk from the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and moderated by John Shableski.

The panel will be preceded by the presentation of the 2015 ALA Will Eisner Graphic Novel Innovation Grant and Growth Grant. Learn how your library can apply for next year’s grants.

Noble Warrior
A ferocious story of a poor Detroit boy who engages in the bloody sport of Mixed Martial Arts and ultimately attains freedom from his slave master father by acquiring a maturity well beyond his years and by learning about love. Second book in the series.

Revancha en Los Angeles
Fiction based on a true story/ The book is in Spanish. This book talks about the tormented relationship between two brothers. One that belongs to a guerrilla movement in one country in Latinoamerica and his brother who was part of the army.

Catch You Later, Traitor
In the tradition of WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN, ANYWAY?, DON'T YOU KNOW THERE’S A WAR ON?, and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, CATCH YOU LATER, TRAITOR tells a funny, insightful story packed with realistic period detail of a boy in mid-twentieth-century America whose family is caught in the wide net of America’s Red Scare.

House of Thieves
Gilded Age, NYC: High-society architect John Cross values little more than his flawless professional reputation and his family's status among the elite. So he is shocked to discover that his son owes an unfathomable debt to the city’s most notorious criminal. To settle the score, John agrees to use his architectural knowledge to help the gang pillage the luxurious homes of friends and clients. As he's pulled into the seedy underbelly of the city, can he save his family’s reputation--and their lives?

Lily of Peru
A fictitious account, based on actual events, of a university professor's struggle to get the woman he loves out of Peru during the dark days of the Shining Path insurrection. His adventures take him from Lima to haunted Inca ruins and on into the jungle.

Saved by the Sea
This eloquent and honestly told account of the changes in one man’s journey and the world’s oceans over the past half century is a profound, startling, and sometimes surprisingly funny reflection on the state of our seas and the intimate ways in which our lives are all linked to the natural world around us.